Full green morocco leather bound cover with 5 raised bands and gilt stamping is sunned on spine with light wear to corners and spine caps but clean and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Aqua marbled page edges are near pristine. Lovely dentilles in excellent condition. Marbled end sheets and paste downs are pristine. Inscribed and signed by author on front end sheet. Pages are clean and pristine. Also laid-in is a personal letter handwritten and signed by the author on author's letterhead regarding the preparation of specially bound edition as a gift as ... View More...
Green cloth cover is sunned on spine with splotchy sunning to the boards and light wear to corners and spine caps but clean and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. A biographical clipping about Jack Miner is tipped onto the front paste down. Also tipped-in on the front end sheet is a personal letter handwritten and signed by the author on author's letterhead expressing his appreciation to Dr. Frank J. Sladen. Dr. Sladen had treated Miner at the Henry Ford Hospital in January 1942. Also laid-in is an additional 3 letters handwritten and signed by Miner to Sl... View More...
Black cover is rubbed at spine caps and bumped on upper corners but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. A handwritten and signed letter from author on author's letterhead dated 1942 is laid-in. Miner was was a patient of Dr. Sladen while hospitalized in 1942. Miner and Sladen became longtime friends. Also laid-in is a business card of The Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation belonging to Miner's son, Manly. The book is inscribed and signed by Manly in 1969 to Dr Sladen immediately following its publication. Pages are clean and pristine. ... View More...
